In a welcome development, the UK Ship Register has announced a widening of eligibility criteria in order to open up the UK Register of Ships register to a global audience of international owners. Access to the UK Ship Register has previously been restricted to citizens and companies from ‘British’ and ‘EU’ countries. With [...]Find Out More

On 23rd June 2016, a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the EU took place which concluded in a vote to leave the EU.The UK Government’s intention is that the UK will cease to be a Member State of the EU on 29th March 2019, (‘Brexit’).As part of a series [...]Find Out More

In today’s budget the United Kingdom Government’s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) George Osborne has unveiled another increase the standard rate of UK Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) by 0.5 % from 9.5 % to 10%. This follows a rise in UK IPT unveiled last year that increased the standard rate [...]Find Out More

Oceanskies, a company specialising in the registration and documentation of yachts of all sizes, is pleased to offer a tariff for the continuance of United Kingdom (UK) yacht registration for the clients of all French and Italian bank leasing companies who wish to maintain the British flag for their yachts at the end [...]Find Out More

For the winter season we are pleased to include a free tonnage survey as part of our very popular fixed fee British flag offshore company ownership and yacht registration package for private yachts under 24 metres in registered length. To qualify for the free tonnage survey the vessel must be located within the EU, (non-EU [...]Find Out More